Browsing Month September, 2011

Hamper made from repurposed plastic wires
Where did summer go? It seemed to fly by - and with the holidays right around the corner, gift giving will be at the top of many people's minds. Luckily, with a little help from New Jersey-based company, EcoXOXO, you can alleviate...

If only this group of angry shouters weren't puppets in a larger game.
More on what's behind the Tea Party
From Grist: Tea Party-backing Koch Industries is major carbon polluter
From Open Secrets: Oil and Gas--Influence and Lobbying
From Mother Jones: Rick Perry's Dirty...

Photo by Get the picture Kev via flickr
On September 24, folks sang, chanted, danced, and biked in the streets. These organized celebrations attended by tens of thousands were part of the Moving Planet day of action, which was “a global expression of unity, urgency and...

(Sources and much more info, linked below this text)
In putting together this infographic (I have a larger version of the image if anyone wants it) it struck me that nearly all of the Monsanto endeavors I chose to highlight here, rode the same wave of public opinion. In...

Photo of recycled plastic bags by anthonyfalla via flickr
The past few months I've been setting in place some changes in my life in order to minimize my carbon footprint; becoming a vegetarian, using natural cosmetics, buying local, organic food, buying second-hand or...

Photo by Marcellus Protest via flickr
This past week saw an organized anti-fracking demonstration outside of a Marcellus Shale Conference in Philadelphia last week. The New York Times published an important editorial that provided a quick and dirty summation of the...

Photo by wwarby via flickr
Have you ever thought about what kinds of animals live in North America, and how that compared to what existed here before humans recreated the landscape? Josh Donlan and colleagues from Cornell University have, and in 2005, suggested a radical but...

Photo by Simon- via flickr
The other weekend my boyfriend W and I went to Holland Park to visit the Japanese Garden and have a break from packing up our belongings, ready to move house. We admired the peacocks, marveled at the massive carp, wandered across the stone bridge...

More info on Panda Poop Biofuel
From Grist: Panda poop could revolutionize biofuels
From the American Chemical Society: Panda poop may be a treasure trove of microbes for making biofuels
Grist again: Even Tea Partiers don’t think environmental protection kills...

Photo by Ali_pk via flickr
Recent reports from the World Wind Energy Association have shown three countries that have placed the most wind energy in 2011 from January to June: China, the United States, and India.
The report was released in June of 2011 and shows that China...